In the earliest conclusion of the Fall Classic, The Red Sox win the World Series in Game six, on Carl Mays’s 2nd victory, a 2 – 1
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In the earliest conclusion of the Fall Classic, The Red Sox win the World Series in Game six, on Carl Mays’s 2nd victory, a 2 – 1

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1918 – The Red Sox win the World Series in Game six, on Carl Mays’s 2nd victory, a 2 – 1 three-hitter. With two on and two out in the 3rd, utility OF George Whiteman lines a hard drive to RF. Max Flack drops it, allowing the only runs off Lefty Tyler. Righty Claude Hendrix, 20 – 7 during the year, finally makes an appearance, tossing a final inning for the Cubs. Cubs pitchers compile a 1.04 ERA, while Boston’s .186 BA is the lowest ever for a World Series winner, but they compensate by making just one error, a record not beaten this century in a 6-game World Series. The Red Sox will realize $1,102 each, the Cubs $671, the smallest winner’s share ever earned. The inning by inning results of the game are relayed to Fort Devans, 58 miles away, via nine homing pigeons.

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On one day’s rest, Hippo Vaughn gives up only seven hits, but Carl Mays wins a 2 – 1 duel

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1918 – On one day’s rest, Hippo Vaughn gives up only seven hits, but Carl Mays wins a 2 – 1 duel. Wally Schang has two hits for Boston. Game three of the World Series ends with the Cubs’ Charlie Pick caught in a rundown between third base and home while trying to score on a passed ball.

Star Spangled Banner makes its debut Game 1 of the 1918 World Series

Star Spangled Banner makes its debut Game 1 of the 1918 World Series

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1918 – At Comiskey Park, Babe Ruth of the Red Sox six-hits the Cubs in the opening game of the World Series, 1 – 0. The Fall Classic game, which starts almost a month earlier than usual due to World War I, is played at the White Sox home field rather than Weeghman Park (to be renamed Wrigley Field in 1926) due to the larger seating capacity. During the 7th-inning stretch, a military band plays “The Star Spangled Banner” and Fred Thomas, on leave from the Navy, snaps to attention.

Eddie Collins Scores winning run as White Sox win the title
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Eddie Collins Scores winning run as White Sox win the title

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  Baseball is the only game you can watch on the radio. Join the community today and listen to hundreds of broadcasts from baseball’s golden age.” Sign Up or learn more [mepr-login-form use_redirect=”true”] On October 15, 1917,  The Chicago White Sox win the World Series in six games when they beat the New York Giants…

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White Sox beat Giants in Game 1 1917 World Series

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    Clarence “Pants” Rowland goes over the ground rules at Comiskey Park with Giants Manager John McGraw and the umpires before the first game of the 1917 World Series, October 6, 1917.. Eddie Cicotte beats Slim Sallee 2-1, Fred McMullin drove in Chicago’s first run, and Happy Felsch’s homer made it 2–0. Giants pitcher…

Jack Coombs becomes the first pitcher to win a World Series game in both leagues

Jack Coombs becomes the first pitcher to win a World Series game in both leagues

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Jack Coombs was the first pitcher to win a World Series game in each league. Coombs won 3 games in the 1910 World Series pitching 3 complete games on October 18, 20 and 23 vs Chicago, he beat Mordecai Brown twice. He also won game 3 in 1911 beating Christy Mathewson and had a no…

Ernie Shore three-hits the Robins in Game 5 of the World Series, 4-1, to capture the team’s fourth World Championship
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Ernie Shore three-hits the Robins in Game 5 of the World Series, 4-1, to capture the team’s fourth World Championship

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In front of record crowd of 43,620 fans at Braves Field, Red Sox right-hander Ernie Shore three-hits the Robins in Game 5 of the World Series, 4-1, to capture the team’s fourth World Championship in the 13-year history of the Fall Classic. Boston, as it did last season, plays its Fall Classic home games in their crosstown National League rival’s larger ballpark, which allows more fans to attend the game than if the contest had held at Fenway Park.

Hy Myers of the Brooklyn Robins hitting an inside-the-park home run off Red Sox pitcher Babe Ruth in the top of the first inning of Game 2 of the 1916 World Series

Babe Ruth outpitches Sherry Smith of the Brooklyn Robins as the Boston Red Sox win the longest World Series game, 2 – 1, in 14 innings.

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1916 – Babe Ruth outpitches Sherry Smith of the Brooklyn Robins as the Boston Red Sox win the longest World Series game, 2 – 1, in 14 innings.

The Red Sox clinch 3rd World Series title
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The Red Sox clinch 3rd World Series title

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1915 – The Phillies get four runs early off Boston Red Sox pitcher Rube Foster in Game 5 of the World Series. The Red Sox break a tie in the 9th inning for the third time in the Series, as Harry Hooper hits his second home run of the game off reliever Eppa Rixey. Boston wins, 5 – 4, to take the Series in five games.

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In front of the largest crowd to ever to see a World Series game, 42,300 fans watch the Red Sox beat the Phillies in Game 3 of the Fall Classic, 2-1

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In front of the largest crowd to ever to see a World Series game, 42,300 fans watch the Red Sox beat the Phillies in Game 3 of the Fall Classic, 2-1. The contest, which is played at the National League home of the Braves to accommodate more Boston patrons, ends when Duffy Lewis singles with two outs to score Harry Hopper in the bottom of the ninth inning.